Raw Mango Rice – Lunch box special

Raw Mango Rice is a typical South Indian rice dish. From the name you could guess that main ingredient in this is raw mango.

Mangoes are the national fruit of India. There are varied varieties of mangoes and similarly varied different recipes all over India. Each region of India have their own special dish with Mango. Mangoes have a unique flavor that when it is tangy when raw and sweet when ripe. So in some dishes which use tangy flavor they add raw mango instead of tamarind. Some even use raw mangoes in fish curry. We have Instant Pickle using raw mango in this space.

Raw Mango Rice

This Raw Mango Rice is apt for lunch box, traveling and to make use of some left over rice. As the name suggests, it uses raw mango which gives a tangy taste to the dish. As the school season started in other parts of the world ( In US now its summer vacation) the main stress for moms are to pack Lunch boxes for their kids. Even if we pack something , it should come home empty.This Raw Mango rice will serve the purpose.You can cook the rice the previous day , if you don’t have time in the morning.Just few ingredients that too always available at home.Add rice…tada..delicious Raw Mango Rice is ready.It is best accompanied with some fryums or pickle or Potato fry as I served.You will be happy to see your kids bring back the empty lunch boxes.You can always add or decrease the spice according to your kids taste.You can also enjoy this dish when you don’t have time to make elaborate meal but still want to make something special.

I didn’t know mangoes were the national fruit of India! Love learning new things. Also love the raw mango. These are also popular in the Philippines, but I don’t know of a similar dish mixing it with rice. Sounds so delish! Can’t wait to try it.

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